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Abi Box

Abi Box

Camberwell College of Arts (BA Hons Painting , 2008)

Abigail Box is represented by Contemporary Collective.

Painting as poetry makes sense to me, especially with concern to translation and interpretation, words painting pictures and pictures inspiring words.  I like to think of the possibilities present in gesture and suggestion, to think of light as something so bright that it might be audible.  When I paint, my mind is in constant flux for how a painting can be made, constructed, pieced together, and subsequently read and understood.  I want to make spacious, minimal, balanced paintings, I want to make awkward, messy, chockablock paintings.  I’d like to make both kinds of painting at the same time, and then there’s the risk, every time, of making a bad painting.  The good paintings are so often accidental, ignorantly brave and beautifully reckless.

Abi Box is a British artist based between London and Bermuda.  Graduating with a fine art degree from Camberwell School of Art in London, her work focuses on gesture and mark making.  Box’s work is held in both a number of private and public collections including the UAL Alumni Collection and Simmons Contemporary.  She has had several artist residencies in Switzerland, Wales and Peru, and recent exhibitions include; Paper Cuts curated by Kristian Day, Saatchi Gallery, London; The Smaller The Larger curated by Kate Hiley, Sobering Galerie, Paris; as well as having work selected for ASC 40° Celsius and the Bermuda Biennial.       

152 × 109 × 4 cm
  • £3,500.00
162 × 125 × 4 cm
  • £3,300.00

Exhibitions

Haloclines London Wed, 12/14/2016 to Sun, 12/18/2016
The Smaller the Larger Pairs Thu, 06/09/2016 to Sun, 07/31/2016
Edinburgh Art Fair Edinburgh Fri, 11/14/2014 to Sun, 11/16/2014
Of this Earth Peterborough Sat, 11/01/2014 to Sat, 11/22/2014
Hardly the Whole Story London Tue, 06/17/2014 to Wed, 06/25/2014
Floored London Sat, 06/14/2014 to Mon, 07/14/2014
L o u d L i g h t London Mon, 11/04/2013 to Wed, 12/04/2013
Dualities 1: Dichromatic Allure Hong Kong Wed, 09/18/2013 to Sat, 10/26/2013
Burning Bright London Tue, 02/26/2013 to Wed, 02/26/2014
In All Directions London Fri, 01/18/2013 to Thu, 01/31/2013
Art Taipei Taipei Fri, 11/09/2012 to Mon, 11/12/2012
20:12 London Thu, 07/26/2012 to Wed, 09/26/2012
The Great Escape London Thu, 04/05/2012 to Fri, 04/27/2012
Call of the Wild Hong Kong Mon, 01/30/2012 to Sat, 03/03/2012
A Reality of their Own London Thu, 03/03/2011 to Thu, 03/31/2011
La Braderie de l’Art Roubaix, France Sat, 12/11/2010 to Sun, 12/12/2010
Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition London Thu, 08/05/2010 to Sun, 08/15/2010

Awards

2015 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize
2015 Trelex (Artist Residency)
2010 Signature Art Prize

Press

Publication Title Job Title Date
Traction Magazine 101. Abigail Box, Rebecca Molloy and Kelly Sweeney Thu, 07/30/2015
MTV Re:Define Studio Visit: Abigail Box Fri, 07/25/2014
The Palette Pages Abigail Box Interview Sat, 05/17/2014
FAD Abigail Box by Tabish Khan Sat, 05/10/2014
Phoenix Magazine Nice weather we're having Tue, 07/16/2013
The Londonist The Great Escape Sun, 04/08/2012

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